FTA: Brewer wrote in her appeal that although nine homes were uninsured, the number of underinsured residences "has greatly increased" because of inadequate compensation from insurance companies. Of the homes destroyed by the fire, homeowners from 17 have opened files with case-management staff and demonstrated that their primary residences were underinsured.

Is it hypocritical? sure. She is in a tough position, she has to say that stuff to her constituents to avoid being called a RINO. Hell, she may even honestly believe it. The problem is her constituents also secretly love big government, so she has to milk it. They would crucify her for not sucking the big government tit.

Arizona takes $1.19 for ever $1 they pay in. If I dislike leeches, does that make me a Republican because of some mythical ideology they think they have in practice or a Democrat because of actual honest-to-goodness reality?

Brewer was also asked if the state could use its surplus to help the community recover. She maintained it is the federal government's responsibility."We all pay taxes into the federal government, and this is a disaster, and it's a unique situation of a community up in rural Arizona that has been completely, totally destroyed," Brewer said. "Financially, it is not, I don't believe, Arizona's responsibility."

They also pay Arizona state taxes as well, so why doesn't the state pay for it? How is it a federal matter? Did the fire cross state lines?

CheetahOlivetti:FTA: Brewer wrote in her appeal that although nine homes were uninsured, the number of underinsured residences "has greatly increased" because of inadequate compensation from insurance companies. Of the homes destroyed by the fire, homeowners from 17 have opened files with case-management staff and demonstrated that their primary residences were underinsured.

I could be reading this wrong, but it seems that the insurance issue is unrelated to the request that Brewer is submitting to FEMA; the request is for FEMA to pay for the memorial services for the firefighters and grief counseling for their families. While it may be for a worthy cause, that might not be something that FEMA is empowered to do.

Arkanaut:CheetahOlivetti: FTA: Brewer wrote in her appeal that although nine homes were uninsured, the number of underinsured residences "has greatly increased" because of inadequate compensation from insurance companies. Of the homes destroyed by the fire, homeowners from 17 have opened files with case-management staff and demonstrated that their primary residences were underinsured.

I could be reading this wrong, but it seems that the insurance issue is unrelated to the request that Brewer is submitting to FEMA; the request is for FEMA to pay for the memorial services for the firefighters and grief counseling for their families. While it may be for a worthy cause, that might not be something that FEMA is empowered to do.

I just think its interesting watching a bunch of self proclaimed ayn rand style bootstrappy conservatives complaining about not getting enough government funding.

Weaver95:I just think its interesting watching a bunch of self proclaimed ayn rand style bootstrappy conservatives complaining about not getting enough government funding.

Idealism always fails when it runs into reality. I wish it was a teaching moment for them, but everytime I have talked to someone with a rigid philsophy they wave it of is "This is different". The go right back on to preaching their idiocy.

Weaver95:Arkanaut: CheetahOlivetti: FTA: Brewer wrote in her appeal that although nine homes were uninsured, the number of underinsured residences "has greatly increased" because of inadequate compensation from insurance companies. Of the homes destroyed by the fire, homeowners from 17 have opened files with case-management staff and demonstrated that their primary residences were underinsured.

I could be reading this wrong, but it seems that the insurance issue is unrelated to the request that Brewer is submitting to FEMA; the request is for FEMA to pay for the memorial services for the firefighters and grief counseling for their families. While it may be for a worthy cause, that might not be something that FEMA is empowered to do.

I just think its interesting watching a bunch of self proclaimed ayn rand style bootstrappy conservatives complaining about not getting enough government funding.

It's par for the course. Arizona, for all its purported bootstrapiness, has for years received more from the Federal Government in spending than it pays in taxes. Welfare state.

Conservative Arizona seems to want to be a walled off community much in the same way Sun City West is walled off from everyone else. Can't have the Feds, can't have the Messicans, can't have nobody from nowhere. Except wherever New Arizona Citizen is from.

They are embarrassing for a state that should be happy to exist and pleased to be in such a good international situation (trade, tourism, etc).

As someone said up thread: Republicans are firmly against any federal assistance, unless they need it. Then it is the federal governments responsability.

I like how some are calling others partisan hacks just because they point out the hypocracy. Of course we care about those that lost their lives and property we just don't care about the leaders they elected that like to bad mouth others that request aid. Soon as they need help it is "omg you don't care about the people".

Maybe she should go on some sort of music awards show and declare the president hates white people.